[1][2] Earlier in his career and in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Saei had won the Bronze medal.

When the Iranian town of Bam was devastated in the 2003 earthquake, Saei put his medals on auction to raise money for the victims.

Saei officially ended his career as a Tae Kwon Do athlete on November 8, 2008 (18 Aban 1387).

[4] In the first match against the Nepalese Deepak Bista his right hand was fractured during the fight however he did not indicate his injury throughout the entire competition despite enormous pain until he won the final against the Italian Mauro Sarmiento.

[6] Saei is originally Iranian Azerbaijani from the East Azerbaijan Province and Bostanabad city.